If Various Pop Culture Icons Had Babies, This Is Probably What They’d Look Like

Composite image by DesignTAXI. Background images by Dito Von Tease and featured with permission

A Bologna-based digital artist, who goes by the pseudonym ‘Dito Von Tease’, has started a fun series that combines unexpected pop culture icons to create hilarious characters with pun-filled names.

In the ‘Melting Pop’ series, characters like ‘Popeye’, ‘Darth Vader’, and ‘Hello Kitty’ meet and become one, giving rise to funny mashups like ‘Popeye the Sailor Moon’, ‘Bart Vader’ and ‘Hello Killy’. It’s “like Fan Art, but more irreverent… Geek Art, but more cult… Culture Jamming, but more disenchanted.”

“‘Melting Pop’ draws directly from the infinite repertoire of pop culture images: famous and fantasy characters, superheroes and cartoons, pop icons and everyday objects,” explains the artist. “As they are mixed, they get into new forms, well-known and misleading at the same time.”

If you happen to be both a fan of crossovers and puns, these newfangled character blends will be up your alley. Have a look at six images from the collection, and head over to Dito Von Tease’s website to view the whole ‘Melting Pop’ series.